Ultra 7 165H vs Xeon Gold 6246

Place in the ranking	434	390
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.93	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency	8.96	55.97
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,286	$460

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	24	22
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 4 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	110 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	+
Supported AI Software Frameworks	-	OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1 TB	96 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	2.3 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP	no data	3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.2
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	8
PCI support	no data	5.0 and 4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6246 15.63

Ultra 7 165H 16.56
+6%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6246 24829

Ultra 7 165H 26299
+5.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.63	16.56
Recency	2 April 2019	14 December 2023
Physical cores	12	16
Threads	24	22
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	28 Watt

Xeon Gold 6246 has 9.1% more threads.

Ultra 7 165H, on the other hand, has a 6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more physical cores, and 489.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6246 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 7 165H is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6246 and Core Ultra 7 165H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.